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Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit

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  • Ordering Information
  • Development Kit Contents
  • Available Documentation
  • Reference Designs and Design Examples
  • Related Links

The Altera® Stratix® IV GX FPGA Development Kit delivers a complete system-level design environment that includes both the hardware and software needed to immediately begin developing FPGA designs. With this PCI-SIG-compliant board and a 1-year license for Quartus® II design software, you can:

  • Develop and test PCI Express 2.0 (up to x8 lane) endpoint and rootpoint designs
  • Develop and test memory subsystems consisting of DDR3 and/or QDR II+ memory
  • Build designs capable of migrating to Altera's low-cost HardCopy® IV ASICs.
  • Add other Stratix IV GX FPGA-supported protocol interfaces such as 10-Gigabit Ethernet, CPRI, OBSAI, SAS/SATA, Serial RapidIO®, and many others by taking advantage of this board's modular capability through the high-speed mezzanine connectors and over 20 different high-speed mezzanine cards (HSMCs) available through Altera partners.

Ordering Information

Table 1. Altera's Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit Ordering Information (1)
Ordering Code Price Ordering Information
DK-DEV-4SGX230N

$4,495

The Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit features a -C2 (fast) speed grade production silicon device and includes a 1-year license for the Quartus II Design Software, Development Kit Edition (DKE).

Buy online via Altera's eStore or contact your local Altera distributor to place your order.

Note:

  1. You can purchase optional high-speed mezzanine connector interface-compatible daughtercards, adapters, or cables to use with your development kit.

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Development Kit Contents

The Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit features the following:

  • Stratix IV GX FPGA development board (see Figure 1)
    • Featured device
      • Stratix IV GX EP4SGX230KF40C2N FPGA
    • Configuration status and set-up elements
      • Fast passive parallel (FPP) configuration via a MAX® II EPM2210 CPLD and flash memory
      • On-board USB-BlasterTM download cable using Quartus II Programmer
    • Clocks
      • On-board clock oscillators: 50 MHz, 100 MHz, 125 MHz, 148.5 MHz, 155.52 MHz, and 156.25 MHz
      • SMA connectors for external clock input
      • SMA connectors for clock output
    • General user input/output
      • LEDs
      • LCD display
      • Push-button and DIP switches
    • Memory devices
      • 512-MByte DDR3 SDRAM with a 64-bit data bus
      • 128-MByte DDR3 SDRAM with a 16-bit data bus
      • Two 4-MByte QDR II+ SRAMs with 18-bit data buses
      • 64-MByte Sync Flash and 2-MByte SSRAM
    • Component and interfaces
      • PCI Express x8 edge connector
      • 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet PHY with RJ-45 connector
      • Two HSMC connectors
      • HDMI video output
      • 3G SDI video input and output
      • Power measurement circuitry
      • Temperature measurement circuitry
    • Power
      • Laptop DC input
      • PCI Express edge connector power
      • Power measurement circuitry
    • Other features
      • PCI Express half-length full-height (6.6" x 4.376") board format
      • RoHS compliant
  • Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit CD-ROM
    • Design Examples
      • Board Update Portal featuring the Nios® II processor web server and remote system update
      • Board Test System
    • Complete documentation (see Table 2)
  • Altera's Complete Design Suite DVD
    • Quartus II Software Development Kit Edition includes support for Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs
      • 1-year license included
    • Nios II Embedded Design Suite
    • MegaCore® IP Library includes PCI Express, Triple-Speed Ethernet, SDI, and DDR3 High-Performance Controller MegaCore IP cores
      • IP evaluation available through OpenCore Plus
  • Loopback and debug HSMCs
  • Power adapter and cables

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Figure 1. Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Board

Figure 1.  Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Board

Available Documentation

Table 2. Collateral for the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit
Document Description Version
User Guide Information about setting up the Stratix IV GX FPGA development board and using the included software

9.1.0

Reference Manual Detailed information about board components and interfaces 9.1.0

Kit Installation (Boards with Production Silicon)

Full installation of all files including reference manual, user guide, quick-start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, Board Update Portal example file, Board Test System example file, etc.

9.1.0 (1)

Kit Installation (Boards with Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon) Full installation of all files including reference manual, user guide, quick-start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, Board Update Portal example file, Board Test System example file, etc.

9.1.0 (1)

Note:

  1. This kit installation works with Quartus II Development Kit Edition software version 9.1.

Reference Designs and Design Examples

Table 3 provides a list of Stratix IV GX designs, not delivered with the kit, but available for download.

Note: The following designs have only been tested to run on kits that have engineering sample silicon.

Table 3. Designs for the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit
Design Name Other Software Requirements (1) Other Hardware Requirements Availability
Serial RapidIO to TI 6488 DSP Reference Design
  • Altera® Nios II Embedded Design Suite
  • TI Code Composer Studio Software
  • HSMC-to-AMC adapter
  • Spectrum Digital Inc. Dual TMS320TCI6488 AMC mezzanine board
Now
PCI Express High-Performance Reference Design
  • Jungo WinDriver (included as part of this reference design)
  • PCI Express x4-to-x1 lane converter
  • Two computers, one with a PCI Express x8/x4/x1 slot
Now
POSPHY L4 SPI-4.2 Loopback Design Example
  • None
  • None
Now
PCI Express-to-DDR3 SDRAM Reference Design
  • Jungo WinDriver (included as part of this reference design)
  • Two computers, one with a PCI Express x8/x4/x1 slot

Now

10-Gbps Ethernet Hardware Demonstration Reference Design
  • Altera Nios II Embedded Design Suite
  • Altera 10-Gbps Ethernet Reference Design
  • Two HSMC-to-X2 adapters
  • Or, two HSMC-to-CX4 adapters
Now

Note:

  1. Quartus II Development Kit Edition software and the MegaCore IP Library are standard software requirements for all kits.

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Related Links

  • Literature for Stratix IV FPGAs
  • Design Guidelines for Stratix IV FPGAs (PDF)
  • Stratix IV GX Transceiver Protocols
  • Partner High-Speed Mezzanine Connector Cards
  • Other Stratix IV FPGA-Based Development Kits
  • Jungo PCI Express WinDriver (30-Day Evaluation)
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